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“She is one of the greatest performers I meet in
all my career.”
—Christian Clay
“Anna is a total-package performer and will become one of your favorites as soon as you work
with her,” Maxwell says. “The energy she brings to set is incredible and compliments anyone’s
style of performing. She understands how to raise the intensity level in a scene.”
There’s no disagreement from 24-year veteran Christian Clay, the 2025 AVN International Male
Performer of the Year from Italy, who tells AVN that Clouds surprised him—and that doesn’t
often happen.
“She is one of the greatest performers I meet in all my career,” Clay says, pointing to a scene
he did with Anna in 2024 for Deeper called “Bottom Bitch Barbie” that sealed it.
“It was one of my favorite scenes—the dialogue, the acting, the sex— everything was amazing
and I think she is amazing in everything of that.
“Every step she has taken has led her to this moment and her commitment, her determination
and her talent were finally rewarded.
“It is a conquest that shows how much she is able to overcome every challenge with grit and
passion. I look forward to seeing what the future will keep for her, but I’m sure it will be just as
brilliant. Keep dreaming big—the best has yet to come!”
Clouds performed in close to a hundred sex scenes during the 2025 AVN Awards eligibility
period—she’s done over 500 since her debut in 2020—and without question four of the most
impactful ones came in Anna Claire Clouds: Dark Side for the Hall of Fame shot caller Jordan.
In what became a collaborative process that started with Clouds presenting Jordan with a
storyboard of her ideas of what her showcase could be, she managed to deliver her first double-
penetration scene, her first blowbang and her first gangbang in what she called a “once in a
lifetime opportunity” that was all about staying in the moment and “trusting the process.”
In particular, Clouds entrusted Jordan to steer her to new heights on camera.
“I really wasn’t planning on doing a showcase in 2024, however after a few shoots with
Anna, and her overwhelming presence at our booth for the AVN trade show, I realized she
was someone I could really collaborate with on a bigger project,” Jordan tells AVN. “She had
ideas and motivation I haven’t seen before in talent and was 1000 percent committed to making
herself an icon of the industry.
“It was amazing to conceptualize some of her ideas mixed with mine to make this project one
of my favorites ever.”
Jordan continues, “Anna took everything we could throw at her for the showcase. This was
sexual determination at its fullest. She jumped right into her first gangbang and DP full force.
All of the male talent was shocked that she could annihilate the set with sex, especially in her
gangbang. All the guys were full-on ice cutters that day, nothing was going to stop it.
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